Reply to: Ptbp1 deletion does not induce astrocyte-to-neuron conversion

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
² Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Human Disease Gene Study, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
³ Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁴ Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
⁵ Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Human Disease Gene Study, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. qianhao@uestc.edu.cn.
⁶ Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China. fuxiangdong@westlake.edu.cn.

Comment

Yajing Hao et al. Nature. 2023 Jun.

. 2023 Jun;618(7964):E8-E13.

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06067-8.

¹ Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
² Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Human Disease Gene Study, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
³ Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁴ Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
⁵ Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Human Disease Gene Study, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. qianhao@uestc.edu.cn.
⁶ Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China. fuxiangdong@westlake.edu.cn.

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Ptbp1 deletion does not induce astrocyte-to-neuron conversion.
Hoang T, Kim DW, Appel H, Ozawa M, Zheng S, Kim J, Blackshaw S. Hoang T, et al. Nature. 2023 Jun;618(7964):E1-E7. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06066-9. Epub 2023 Jun 7. Nature. 2023. PMID: 37286658 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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